Episode 193: Does Trump Show Us What We Really Love?

How can a boat demonstrate the limits of democracy, Disney films promote the message that poverty is “just fine,” and Trumpalooza reveal the real problems in the evangelical church?? And what, if anything, can we do about it? This week on the podcast!

Skye thank you for wanting to include families like ours in church… I have 2 sons with autism and there are many churches where we can’t visit because they would ask us to leave…. When ever I hear/experience these churches, I think about Jesus sitting on the hill side talking to people while children run all thru the crowd. And I believe he might of even mentioned something about let the children come 😉 Also, my husband and I observed at an animal park that at an animal show no one (adult/child) was silent and we still could hear everything the person center stage was saying. Also, had an Haiti mission in our church one time and Haitians do are not quiet while the preaching is going on and their children roam all over the sanctuary. Americans are just a “unique” group of people 😉 Love hearing yours, Phil, and Christians thoughts on the podcast. Also, congrats to Christine on sticking to your Bible readings…. it’s hard to do, but you’re right…. you learn so much and hunger for so much more….

I grew up watching Veggie Tales, my first ever being “Where is God When I’m Scared?” and EVERY succeeding title- huge fan! I’m 20 now and have not watched Veggie Tales in a long time; however, my sister was watching Veggie Tales on Netflix today so I went to your website and read your story. Now I find myself here, a little confused. It appears you will spend your remaining days trashing Disney and any legitimate, successful media you have ideological disagreements with.

1 Samuel 18:27 David cuts Philistines’ penises for Michal and you’re upset about stories advocating poverty? Give me a break. Instead of looking for the negative, why can’t you find the positive? Why must dirt be thrown their way? Why are you so bitter about their theme park’s operations?

The one thing Veggie Tales taught me was God created us for individual purposes and dreams. You shouldn’t throw dirt on someone else’s dream. I say this respectfully as a longtime fan of your work: it’s hypocritical for you to act like you know what’s best for Disney. Unlike Veggie Tales, there was hardly a moment in this podcast that felt uplifting. I pray your remaining work will cease to be as divisive and cynical of others and strive to find the good in other’s dreams and aspirations.

Thanks for the note. If I remember this episode correctly, I believe we were more critical of the story criticizing Disney than we were of Disney for their portrayal of the economic class in their films. I’ve criticized Disney recently for how they’re pricing their parks out of reach of “average” families, but I don’t personally have a problem with their portrayal of economic classes.